diff --git a/gitlab-ci-config/gitlab-com.yml b/gitlab-ci-config/gitlab-com.yml
index 2ded37e06e7c69f68fe2ad465022562448abb420_Z2l0bGFiLWNpLWNvbmZpZy9naXRsYWItY29tLnltbA==..c5a1e6d95a32c47e0ebc253b6cfcd4b4bc5b9aaa_Z2l0bGFiLWNpLWNvbmZpZy9naXRsYWItY29tLnltbA== 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci-config/gitlab-com.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci-config/gitlab-com.yml
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@
       allow_failure: true
     - if: '$PIPELINE_TYPE == "EE_NIGHTLY_BUILD_PIPELINE"'
       allow_failure: true
+      variables:
+        NIGHTLY: 'true'
   needs:
     - job: Ubuntu-22.04-branch
       artifacts: false